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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Victor Salva (written by)
Release Date:
27 October 1995 (USA)
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Tagline:
Pure energy has a name more
Plot:
A young bald albino boy with unique powers shakes up the rural community he lives in. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win
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1 nomination
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(6 articles)
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Frustratingly follows an acute by-the-numbers fashion
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Mary Steenburgen | ... | Jessie Caldwell |
 | Sean Patrick Flanery | ... | Jeremy 'Powder' Reed |
 | Lance Henriksen | ... | Sheriff Doug Barnum |
 | Jeff Goldblum | ... | Donald Ripley |
 | Brandon Smith | ... | Deputy Harley Duncan |
 | Bradford Tatum | ... | John Box |
| Susan Tyrrell | ... | Maxine |
 | Missy Crider | ... | Lindsey Kelloway |
| Ray Wise | ... | Dr. Aaron Stripler |
 | Esteban Powell | ... | Mitch |
 | Reed Frerichs | ... | Skye |
 | Chad Cox | ... | Zane |
| Joe Marchman | ... | Brennan |
 | Phil Hayes | ... | Greg Reed (as Phillip Maurice Hayes) |
| Danette McMahon | ... | Emma Barnum |
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense, sometimes frightening elements of theme, and for language.
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Runtime:
111 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Brazil:14 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Iceland:12 (video rating) |
Iceland:L |
Australia:M |
Denmark:16 |
Germany:12 (w) |
Spain:7 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:12 |
USA:PG-13
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There was a great deal of consternation among many of the cast and crew when it came to light halfway through production that director Victor Salva had been convicted for child molestation several years earlier. The main cause of concern was that many of the production members had brought their family to the set.
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Factual errors: After the deer is shot by the hunter, within seconds of dying the animals legs appear stiff and suspended in mid-air. Rigamortis does not set in this quickly. The deers limbs should have remained limp.
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Quotes:
Deputy Harley Duncan:
I'm just saying that that's more than albino, Doug. That is spooky.
Sheriff Doug Barnum: I never thought we'd find a man too white for you there Harley.
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Sheriff Doug Barnum: I never thought we'd find a man too white for you there Harley.
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Referenced in How to Be a Serial Killer (2008)
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Soundtrack:
ROLL UP WALTZ
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There so many good things in this film, so many elements that come together (emotional, visceral and otherwise), that it's an outright shame "Powder" isn't a better picture. An albino youngster--psychic, telekinetic, and more brilliant than anyone on Earth--is found orphaned in a rural home and is brought out into the cold, cruel world for the first time in his life. Writer-director Victor Salva wrings every ounce of emotion from the tender scenes, but he lays the schoolyard bully stuff on mighty thick. The terrific finale is nearly overshadowed by the nasty events that precede it (which are not only puzzling, but overwrought). That's the trouble, I think: "Powder" is a careful, gentle, insightful, sincere little movie derailed every now and again by heavy-handedness, and a plot that follows every cliché down the path to predictability. Still in all, a moving finish, and all the acting is quite solid. **1/2 from ****